It’s been a while since I swatched a Dior palette and I’d forgotten that the powders are almost like liquid in the way they lay down on the skin – one swipe with the palette sponge brush is all that’s needed for these clear and concise shade imprints.

Shades 1, 2 and 4 (going round the clock) are a metallic finish, and shade 3 is matte.

Again, go top for a dialed down look and bottom for more depth. It’s warmer than Grand Bal and less shimmery – if you aren’t a shimmer and glimmer fan, this is the better option. It’s a little more smoky and deep in colourway but still owes much to creamy lattes (with a shot of soft peach). The second palette I have is Nude Dress and it’s all of the yeses all over again. This palette is the reminder I needed that there is still a heap of joy to be had from lid wear. Yum! It makes me want to go out and buy whispy, chiffon tops in the same hues. The textures are creamy (although they’re powders) and rich with the top two shades being more of a shimmer wash to wear over naked lids for a gleam, and the bottom two are less translucent in gold and a peach-nude.

This colourway is Grand Bal – a mix of plump, pillowy shades in shimmering nude tones with a deep, matte brown kick in the middle. So, these two Dior 5 Couleurs Couture palettes are just the very perfect blend of muted, taupe and brown tone shades to make something or almost nothing of the lids. I seem to have broken my black kohl habit (for now – never say never!) over the no-make-up months and have been reaching more for softer brown and grey liners and more often than not, no eye-shadow at all or just a quick once over with a colour stick. Oh my – well, it’s been a while since I got a beauty rush from a palette but it’s as though Dior have read my mind.

Dior 5 couleurs poncho